Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

  • The Boy Who Could Do What He Liked

  • By: David Baddiel
  • Narrated by: David Baddiel
  • Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (1,327 ratings)
Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
The Boy Who Could Do What He Liked cover art

The Boy Who Could Do What He Liked

By: David Baddiel
Narrated by: David Baddiel
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £5.99

Buy Now for £5.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Blunders cover art
The World’s Worst Monsters cover art
Birthday Boy cover art
The Taylor Turbochaser cover art
Virtually Christmas cover art
The Parent Agency cover art
The Boy Who Got Accidentally Famous cover art
Head Kid cover art
AniMalcolm cover art
Brilliant Bestsellers by Baddiel (3-book Audio Collection) cover art
On the Road: Stories to Make a Journey Fly By cover art
Kid Normal cover art
The Boss of Everyone cover art
How to Survive Without Grown-Ups cover art
The Day the Screens Went Blank cover art
The Luckiest Kid in the World cover art

Summary

Let's celebrate World Book Day with The Boy Who Could Do What He Liked, written and recorded by the author David Baddiel, especially for World Book Day on March 3rd 2016.

This is the first audiobook to be produced for World Book Day - it’s a hugely entertaining and touching story of a boy called Alfie who likes to keep to strict routines and schedules. It’s all rules, rules and more rules in Alfie’s life.

When a new baby sitter arrives called Mrs Stokes to look after Alfie he begins to realise that rules aren’t everything and perhaps the mysterious Mrs Stokes is no ordinary baby sitter!

Includes wonderful music and sound effects - a jam packed listen with plenty of laughs along the way.

©2016 David Baddiel (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic reviews

Praise for The Parent Agency: "Funny, sometimes moving, always engaging." ( Guardian)
"I love this book because it really made me laugh! The best book I've read since I was born!" (Tom, 11, LoveReading4Kids)
"Exciting and funny - I didn't want to put it down!" (Daisy, 10, LoveReading4Kids)

What listeners say about The Boy Who Could Do What He Liked

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    870
  • 4 Stars
    272
  • 3 Stars
    96
  • 2 Stars
    34
  • 1 Stars
    55
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    614
  • 4 Stars
    191
  • 3 Stars
    69
  • 2 Stars
    22
  • 1 Stars
    37
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    626
  • 4 Stars
    171
  • 3 Stars
    65
  • 2 Stars
    34
  • 1 Stars
    36

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars

The Boy Who Could Do What He Liked

I like this book because it is about a boy who could do what he like and it is quite funny. 😊

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Good and funny

It’s a good book overall. It has some unanswered questions but still good it’s nice and calm and a good story for going to sleep to and good for 7 to 12 I would say. Would recommend to anyone who wants a good,funny and calming book to listen to

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Amazing

I loved this book it was heartwarming story
⍢⃝♥️⍤⃝🍎⍥⃝🍉⍣⃝🍒⍨⃝🍓
⍢⃝🧡⍤⃝🍊⍥⃝🥐⍣⃝🍔⍨⃝🎃
⍢⃝💛⍤⃝🍯⍥⃝🍋⍣⃝🌻⍨⃝🎗
⍢⃝💚⍤⃝🍏⍥⃝🥝⍣⃝🥑⍨⃝🍀
⍢⃝💙⍤⃝🐳⍥⃝🐟⍣⃝🐬⍨⃝💎
⍢⃝💜⍤⃝🍆⍥⃝🍇⍣⃝👾⍨⃝🔯

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Great fun!

My kids absolutely loved it; lots of giggling and laugh out loud moments. Would thoroughly recommend.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great!

This book is really funny and packed full of exiting moments and ridiculous jokes.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes ridiculously funny books or anything by David Baddiel.😎😎😎😎😎😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😅😅

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

love it!

my daughter absolutely loves this story and has listened to it over and over again!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

The boy who could do what he liked

Great book! Extremely funny ! It's a must read book ! One of the best books I've read

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Epic

I have listened to this book for years and it’s sick 🤘 #oioi
By your Mum

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Famous book I think I love it

Facebook

When the babysitter doesn’t under stand when his mother and father That the boy has returned
I love that book is so interesting
It is so amazing by the way this is your number one fanfantastic Mr Fox Goodbye

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

AWSOME

Coolest book ever ☺☺ ☺😡😉 😉 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉 😊😈😈😈😈😈😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉 awesome cool good fav cool good AWSOME

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!